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NEWS ABOUT: drug-resistant bacteria

drug-resistant bacteria stories: 5 news summaries

Flu Shots Decrease Use
of Antibiotics

Doctors prescribe
them less when the shots are available

Sep 9, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Providing flu shots to the public decreases the prescription of antibiotics, say Canadian researchers. The results of a 10-year study in Ontario will be good news to public health officials who worry that over-prescription of antibiotics is creating more resistant bacteria, reports Miller-McCune. Researchers found that doctors prescribed 64% fewer... More »

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Canada • bacteria • antibiotics • immunization • flu shot • flu • drug-resistant bacteria • flu season

Salmonella Outbreak Raises a Red Flag

'We're lucky,' but drug-resistant bacteria lie in wait, experts warn

Jan 28, 09 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The ongoing salmonella outbreak has sickened hundreds of people and played a part in eight deaths, and that's the good news, experts tell MSNBC. The strain in question responds to the standard treatment, but other varieties of the salmonella bacteria have become increasingly resistant to antibiotics in recent decades."... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • bacteria • recall • salmonella • outbreak • drug-resistant bacteria • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

Superbugs May Push Us Into World Without Antibiotics

Return to 'preantibiotic era' may be inevitable

Aug 7, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Antibiotic-resistant microbes don’t just open us up to dangerous illnesses—they also cost the American economy well over $5 billion annually, the New Yorker reports. And one expert says around 70% of the antibiotics produced in the US wind up in agriculture: "We've created a petri dish in... More »

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New Yorker magazine • antibiotics • drug-resistant bacteria

Screening
Isn't Slowing Staph: Study

Researchers back more cost-effective, targeted testing to catch superbug

Mar 12, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Widespread screening of hospital patients for the drug-resistant staph bacteria MRSA doesn’t appear to reduce the number of infections, a new study finds. Swiss researchers screened more than 10,000 patients for the superbug when they were admitted to the University of Geneva Hospitals. Another 10,000 weren’t... More »

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JAMA • staph infections • superbug • epidemic • antibiotics • infection • epidemiology • MRSA • drug-resistant bacteria • University of Geneva Hospitals

New E. coli Strains Could Spell Epidemic

Drug-resistant bacteria may rival MRSA threat, researchers warn

Feb 19, 08 12:57 PM CST
(Newser) - New drug-resistant strains of E. coli have doctors worried that the mutant bacteria could become a superbug to rival MRSA, the drug-resistant form of staphylococcus that kills hundreds hospital patients each year, the Daily Telegraph reports. The spread of the new E.coli strains must be carefully tracked to avoid... More »

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food poisoning • E. coli • superbug • epidemic • MRSA • drug-resistant bacteria • stomach bug • urinary tract infection • blood poisoning

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